SoCon Basketball - Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019

Thursday's games:

Chattanooga (11-16) at  Citadel (11-14)  7 pm  ESPN3

Samford (16-11) at  Mercer (9-17)  7 pm  ESPN+

ETSU (21-7) at VMI (7-19)  7 pm  ESPN+

Western Carolina (7-21) at  UNCG (22-5)  7 pm  ESPN+

NCAA NET Rankings     (Feb. 19, 2019)
  25 - Wofford
  42 - Furman

  56 - UNCG
  71 - ETSU

148 - Samford
186 - Mercer
253 - Citadel
271 - Chattanooga
282 - Western Carolina

325 - VMI

Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Feb. 20, 2019)
#11 Southern Conference
#12 A-10
#14 C-USA
#17 Sun Belt

#18 CAA
#20 OVC

#21 Atlantic Sun

#27 Big South


Sagarin Rankings  (Feb 19, 2019)
  43 - Wofford
  73 - Furman

  91 - ETSU
  98 - UNCG

173 - Samford

183 - Mercer

269 - Citadel
274 - Chattanooga

298 - Western Carolina
328 - VMI


This season's SoCon out-of-conference record:  (as of 2-16-19)

American Athletic .............................................. 1-1
Atlantic Coast .................................................... 0-7
Atlantic Sun ....................................................... 6-1
Big 12 ................................................................ 0-3
Big East ............................................................. 1-1
Big South ..........................................................12-4
Big Ten .............................................................. 0-4
Colonial ............................................................. 7-1
Conference USA ............................................... 2-3
Horizon .............................................................. 1-1
Independent ...................................................... 0-0
Ivy ...................................................................... 0-1
Mid-American .................................................... 0-1
Mid-Eastern Athletic .......................................... 6-0
Missouri Valley .................................................. 1-0
Mountain West .................................................. 1-0
Non-Division I ...................................................23-0
Ohio Valley ........................................................ 6-5
Pac-12 ............................................................... 0-0
Patriot ................................................................ 0-1
Southeastern .................................................... 1-8
Southland .......................................................... 2-0
Southwestern Athletic ....................................... 2-0
Summit .............................................................. 2-0
Sun Belt ............................................................. 2-5
Western Athletic ................................................ 1-0


Conference Standings as of 2-17-19

Basketball (M)	Conference	Overall
Wofford	15 - 0	23 - 4
UNCG	11 - 3	22 - 5
Furman	11 - 4	22 - 5
ETSU	11 - 4	21 - 7
Samford	6 - 8	16 - 11
Chattanooga	6 - 8	11 - 16
Mercer	4 - 10	9 - 17
Western Carolina	4 - 11	7 - 21
The Citadel	3 - 11	11 - 14
VMI	1 - 13	7 - 19

The SoCon Basketball Tournament - 

If it ended today........ After Saturday's games...... 2-17-19

First Round - Friday, March 8 at the U.S. Cellular Center. Asheville, N.C.
Game 1 - #8  Western Carolina  vs.  #9 Citadel  5 p.m.
Game 2 - #7  Mercer  vs.  #10 VMI   7:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 9 at the U.S. Cellular Center
Game 3 -  #1 Wofford vs.  Winner Game 1  12 p.m.
Game 4 -  #4 ETSU  vs.  #5 Samford  2:30 p.m.
Game 5 -  #2 UNCG vs.  Winner Game 2  6 p.m.
Game 6 -  #3 Furman vs.  #6 Chattanooga   8:30 p.m.



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